That will send a big message to any left over Never Trumpers.
Posted on 05/08/2016 8:29:38 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Secretary to Ryan:” Manafort says I should tell you, you’re about to hit a rough patch.”
Jeff Sessions of course !
We’ve become Greece either way - old and decrepit with civil strife. Hopefully we emerge not as Greece but the United States of America! Strong, renewed, unified.
Someday there should be a remake of Goodfellas
It could be that the 1940 chairman was NOT a Wendell Willkie backer; it took six ballots to nominate Willkie. I don’t know.
Yup. And shoot the crooks with Sigs.
We didn’t have the same kind of primary system we have now. The party bosses controlled the process to a much greater extent.
Ryan should not be the chairman of the convention if he cannot support the presumptive nominee of the party. Trump has received a record number of votes. Ryan doesn’t seem to accept the opinion of the voters or the integrity of the process.
Ryan is NOT facing a difficult primary challenge. Even with a Yuge Democrat crossover vote, Trump was only able to pull 31% in Ryan's congressional district.
Nehlen is a nobody with ZERO local TEA Party support. He is a stealth candidate with no discernible GOP or Wisconsin roots. In fact, Nehlen announced his candidacy on a liberal Madison-based radio show.
Nehlen will be lucky to pull 15% in the August primary. Trump won't be on that ballot and Wisconsin Trump backers have not demonstrated the organizational skills needed to run a lemonade stand.
That will send a big message to any left over Never Trumpers.
We shall see. I worked with the Brat campaign to defeat Cantor in the primary. Nobody gave Brat a shot.
He is a stealth candidate with no discernible GOP or Wisconsin roots
Does that really matter? He moved into the district in 2014. At least he has lived there for close to two years, unlike Hillary who waltzed into NY and became a Senator with almost no time in the state. He has the endorsement of Palin, MIchelle Malkin, and the Tea Party Patriots.
I really don't care if he wins or not. He is challenging a RINO who supports amnesty, the Gang of 8 bill, increases in H-1B visas, and more free trade bills that have decimated jobs and moved our manufacturing abroad. He is an arrogant SOB who has spent his adult life feeding at the public trough enriching himself.
Nehlen will be lucky to pull 15% in the August primary.
IMO he will be lucky and get much more than 15%. The bloom is off the rose for Ryan.
Trump was only able to pull 31% in Ryan's congressional district.
Cruz got 51% to Trump's 32% in CD-1. Will the Cruz supporters help Ryan, the guy who passed the Omnibus bill or supports amnesty? Doesn't Cruz consider Ryan to be part of the Washington cartel? Ryan and Cruz have not been allies in Congress except on trade.
Given Ryan's treatment of Trump, will the 48,199 voters who turned out for Trump in the primary be motivated to do the same in August for Nehlen? Let's see how Ryan handles the meeting with Trump on Thursday.
Ryan has all the advantages. But so did Thomas Foley.
Trump is exactly right. He’s the new sheriff in town and the rest of these toadstools need to get with the program or get out.
This is NOT a Trump vs. Cruz issue. This is an internal Wisconsin issue. Unlike Cantor, who ignored his local constituency to instead pursue leadership instead, Ryan reluctantly accepted the role as House Speaker and continues to return home to his district every week. Ryan holds regular town hall meetings and is extremely tight with conservative Milwaukee talk radio hosts.
While some Wisconsin conservatives have been disappointed with Ryan on some issues, the only real animosity in Wisconsin towards Ryan has come from Democrats.
He (Nehlen) has the endorsement of Palin, MIchelle Malkin, and the Tea Party Patriots.
So what. They are out-of-state interlopers who carry little, if any weight, with local 1st CD voters. Palin was literally laughed off the stage the last time she showed up in Wisconsin.
Nehlen has NOT reached out to LOCAL TEA Party groups in the district. They have never heard of him.
Further, where was Nehlen when the Unionistas took over the Capitol in Madison and fought against the conservative reforms of Governor Walker and the GOP Legislature? Where was Nehlen when those same Unionistas staged recall elections against local GOP legislators and Gov. Walker? Where was Nehlen when the Libs tried to defeat conservative Justices in the past 2 State Supreme Court races? I know where Paul Ryan was. Paul Ryan was actively helping to support local conservative GOP efforts.
IMO he (Nehlen) will be lucky and get much more than 15%. The bloom is off the rose for Ryan.
Not in Wisconsin. Ryan is still well-liked here - even if we Wisconsin conservatives are sometimes diappointed. Your opinion is uneducated about local Wisconsin politics. Local conservatives are celebrating Ryan for his caution on endorsing Trump. We Wisconsin conservatives will support the Republican standard bearer, if - and only if - the candidate bears the Party's standards of smaller government, lower taxes and reducing entitlements. That's all Ryan is asking for. And that's a reasonable position.
Ryan is not a conservative. He is against the Wall (national security issue), for amnesty (Rule of Law issue), and for the importation of increased numbers of foreign workers (jobs and economic issue). He approved the lifting of the sequester caps; he supported TARP. Are those conservative issues?
Ryan is just another Big Government "conservative." You can defend him all you like. He can't be trusted. It is not a reasonable position to say you haven't made up your mind whether to support the presumptive nominee of the party or not. Ryan is the Speaker of the House and the chair of the GOP convention. We need to start having the GOPe sign loyalty oaths.
Eric Cantor signed for me the book below, which he co-authored with Ryan and McCarthy. One down and two to go. These "Young Guns" are why the party is dying.
I never said he was. I said Wisconsin conservatives support Ryan.
If they support Ryan, then “Wisconsin conservatives” = oxymoron. No wonder WI has gone Dem the last 7 Presidential elections.
Says the Trump supporter...oh, the irony.
Who promoted Private Ryan? Pat Buchanan on speaker: Losers don't make demands, they make pleas
Buchanan, another racist nationalist. No thanks.
You are showing your true colors, Sideshow Bob. Pat is a patriot, not a racist. And what is wrong with being nationalistic? You use the lexicon of the Left. Methinks you are a Dem troll.
So who are the other "racist nationalists"? Trump?
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